If you were enlightened, how would your life be different?
Posted on Apr 10th, 2009
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This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for April 09, 2009:
Enlightened life here in our Earthly reality is an open question isn't it? What if you were enlightened and physical reality around you was still the same? What would have changed? How would your life be the same were you to recover some of your inate primal awareness? Aren't all states of consciousness available in the here and now? What do we need to do that we aren't doing in order for life to be different?
As self-conscious systems we are capable of experiencing pain, both physical and emotional, frequently here in our daily lives. Though concisousness has great reward in and of itself, it may not make daily life any less, "carry wood and chop water...". ; )
Cosmic consciousness, awakeness, enlightenment, whatever you wish to call it is so different form what we know on a day to day basis, involved in all our business, that we're perhaps inclined to judge an enlightend state as a "hallucination" when some of us get a flash of satori or profound insight or simply deep deep joy.
Enlightenment is said by many to be a sublime void. No memories, no future, only a calm and confident trust in the bliss of the present moment. Obviously this doesn't easily fit into or synchronize easily into our ordinary "business" of keeping our bodies alive here on Earth doing our day to day grind.
Here's an attempt at a brief answer to your question :
Perhaps what would be different in being in an enlightened state would mean no mental static, a complete understanding of our limitlessness and the interconnection of all "things" here in our day to day dealings with our local reality and all our interactions with the other entities with whom we share this reality.
Remaining aware, prolonging our conscious state and seeing where it leads us. Perhaps it really is that simple. Words fall short when attempting to define what is by nature beyond definition.
Cheers!
As self-conscious systems we are capable of experiencing pain, both physical and emotional, frequently here in our daily lives. Though concisousness has great reward in and of itself, it may not make daily life any less, "carry wood and chop water...". ; )
Cosmic consciousness, awakeness, enlightenment, whatever you wish to call it is so different form what we know on a day to day basis, involved in all our business, that we're perhaps inclined to judge an enlightend state as a "hallucination" when some of us get a flash of satori or profound insight or simply deep deep joy.
Enlightenment is said by many to be a sublime void. No memories, no future, only a calm and confident trust in the bliss of the present moment. Obviously this doesn't easily fit into or synchronize easily into our ordinary "business" of keeping our bodies alive here on Earth doing our day to day grind.
Here's an attempt at a brief answer to your question :
Perhaps what would be different in being in an enlightened state would mean no mental static, a complete understanding of our limitlessness and the interconnection of all "things" here in our day to day dealings with our local reality and all our interactions with the other entities with whom we share this reality.
Remaining aware, prolonging our conscious state and seeing where it leads us. Perhaps it really is that simple. Words fall short when attempting to define what is by nature beyond definition.
Cheers!

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